"People love bacon, and they love our iconic Big Mac, fresh beef Quarter Pounder burgers and World Famous Fries, so we had to see what would happen if we combined all that tastiness," McDonald’s manager of culinary innovation Michael Haracz said in a statement. "As a bacon enthusiast myself, I’m proud to say that we’ve done right by bacon fans."

American consume an average of 17.9 pounds of bacon a year, according to the National Pork Board.

Dec. 30 was National Bacon Day.

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